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“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga"
Movies & TV Greg CookMay 23, 2024 0

‘Furiosa’! More Crazy Chases! More Freaky Warlords! More End Of The World!

At the beginning of director George Miller’s bitter, thrilling film “Furiosa,” the latest installment of his decades-long “Mad Max Saga,” a couple girls are picking peaches in a lush green…Continue Reading →

Billy Ruane at Bunratty's, 1988. (Mark Morelli photo)
Music Greg CookApril 26, 2024 0

‘Road To Ruane’ Remembers Legendary Boston Rock Impresario And Wild Man

“Billy Ruane walked into the room and he said, ‘I need an extra room for my birthday party. I think I overbooked it,’” Joseph Satar, co-owner of Cambridge’s Middle East…Continue Reading →

From “The Last Repair Shop." (Courtesy of Breakwater Studios)
Music Greg CookMarch 23, 2024 0

Oscar-Winning Documentary ‘Last Repair Shop’: Repairing Instruments To Make People Whole Again

“The Last Repair Shop” is an astonishing, tender, heartbreaking, inspiring look behind the scenes at the expertise and love that the craftspeople of the instrument repair shop for the Los…Continue Reading →

“The Boy and the Heron.” (Studio Ghibli)
Movies & TV Greg CookJanuary 12, 2024 0

‘The Boy And The Heron’ Is Hayao Miyazaki’s Dreamlike Exploration Of Grief

A blaze at the hospital where his mother works awakens a young boy. The boy, Mahito Maki, runs through the streets to the fire, but his mother perishes in the flames.…Continue Reading →

Filming the 1971 musical "Fiddler on the Roof," as seen in the 2021 documentary “Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen."
Movies & TV Greg CookJune 3, 2022 0

The Making Of The Hollywood Classic ‘Fiddler On The Roof’

In the new documentary, “Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen,” Norman Jewison recalls how he was offered the chance to lead the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical “Fiddler…Continue Reading →

"Parallel Mothers" starring Milena Smit (left) and Penélope Cruz. (Sony Pictures)
Movies & TV Greg CookJanuary 12, 2022 0

Review: Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Parallel Mothers’

Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s gorgeous, haunted and excellent film “Parallel Mothers” begins as Janis (Penelope Cruz) has affair with a married forensic anthropologist, which lands her in the hospital maternity…Continue Reading →

"The French Dispatch," directed by Wes Anderson, in theaters 2021. (Searchlight Pictures)
Movies & TV Greg CookOctober 22, 2021 0

In Wes Anderson’s ‘French Dispatch,’ A Magazine Comes To Life With Nostalgia For The Post-War New Yorker And France

Wes Anderson’s latest film, “The French Dispatch”—finally arriving in theaters after a year and a half covid delay—is a wistful comedy nostalgic for the end of an era—well, two eras—the…Continue Reading →

In Ifé Franklin’s 2021 film “The Slave Narrative of Willie Mae," Death Powder scene with Willie Mae (right, played by Qualina Lewis) and her mother Virginia (Tammy Denease). (Wayne Lake photo)
Art Greg CookJune 18, 2021 0

On Juneteenth, Ifé Franklin Debuts ‘Slave Narrative’ Film

From my article in Dig Boston: “I’s sick O Massa hans all ova me.” So begins Ifé Franklin’s 2018 book “The Slave Narrative of Willie Mae” (Wildheart Press). “This book…Continue Reading →

Riding the Swan Boats at Boston's Public Garden in "Fatherhood," the 2021 Netflix movie starring Kevin Hart.
Movies & TV Greg CookMay 12, 2021 0

Kevin Hart Plays A Widowed Dad In Boston In ‘Fatherhood’

In the upcoming Netflix movie “Fatherhood,” Kevin Hart plays a widowed father in Boston coping “with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter…Continue Reading →

"Groundhogs" by Wonderland Spectacle Co.
Wonderland Spectacle Co. Greg CookFebruary 7, 2021 0

Groundhogs | Wonderland Spectacle Co.

For Groundhog Day, we visit Ms. G, the official groundhog of Massachusetts, as she looks for her shadow at Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln. Did you know…Continue Reading →

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